LDFerguson
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These glorious insults are from an era before the English
language got boiled down to 4-letter words.
The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison."
He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on
the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your
policies or your mistress."
"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I
admire."
- Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with
great pleasure." Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader
to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no
time reading it" - Moses Hadas
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I
approved of it." - Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.."
- Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play;
bring a friend.... if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston
Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if
there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you
here."
- Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing
trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in
others." - Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul
Keating
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded
easily."
- Charles, Count Talleyrand
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest
Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any
address on it?" - Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." -
Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they
go."
- Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts. . for
support rather than illumination. " - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." -
Groucho Marx
language got boiled down to 4-letter words.
The exchange between Churchill & Lady Astor:
She said, "If you were my husband I'd give you poison."
He said, "If you were my wife, I'd drink it."
A member of Parliament to Disraeli: "Sir, you will either die on
the gallows or of some unspeakable disease."
"That depends, Sir," said Disraeli, "whether I embrace your
policies or your mistress."
"He had delusions of adequacy." - Walter Kerr
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I
admire."
- Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with
great pleasure." Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader
to the dictionary." - William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway).
"Thank you for sending me a copy of your book; I'll waste no
time reading it" - Moses Hadas
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I
approved of it." - Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends.."
- Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play;
bring a friend.... if you have one." - George Bernard Shaw to Winston
Churchill
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if
there is one." - Winston Churchill, in response.
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you
here."
- Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." - John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing
trivial." - Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in
others." - Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." - Paul
Keating
"In order to avoid being called a flirt, she always yielded
easily."
- Charles, Count Talleyrand
"He loves nature in spite of what it did to him." - Forrest
Tucker
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any
address on it?" - Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." -
Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they
go."
- Oscar Wilde
"He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts. . for
support rather than illumination. " - Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
"He has Van Gogh's ear for music." - Billy Wilder
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." -
Groucho Marx
